Since then all things are seen and heard [by God], let us fear Him, and forsake those wicked works which proceed from evil desires ; '^ so that, through His mercy, we may be protected from the judgments to come. For whither can any of us flee from His mighty hand ? Or what world will receive any of those who run away from Him ? For the Scripture saith in a certain place, " Whither shall I go, and where shall I be hid from Thy presence ? If I ascend into heaven. Thou art there ; if I go away even to the utter- most parts of the earth, there is Thy right hand ; if I make my bed in the abyss, there is Thy Spirit." '"^ Whither, then, shall any one go, or where shall he escape from Him who compre- hends all things ?